COLUMBUS, Ohio – Freshman goalie Mike Betz stopped 33-of-34 shots to lead the Ohio State men’s hockey team to a 3-1 win over No. 8 Michigan, tonight at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

The victory snapped a five-game winless streak against the Wolverines. It was the Buckeyes’ first win over Michigan since Feb. 6, 1999.

The Buckeyes ended a five-game losing streak overall with the victory. Ohio State improves to 11-9-1 overall, 8-6-1 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The Wolverines drop to 15-6-3, 9-4-1 in conference play.

After a scoreless first period, the Buckeyes scored the only goals of the second period to take a 2-0 lead. Miguel Lafleche tallied his fourth goal of the season, assisted by Nick Ganga and Eric Skaug, to put the Buckeyes on the board 1:42 into the stanza. Doug Andress scored a power-play tally at the 10:56 mark. Dave Steckel and Jean-Francois Dufour added assists on the play. The helper extended Steckel’s scoring streak to a team-best 11 games.

In the third period, the Wolverines’ Mike Komisarek tallied at the 5:31 mark to get within one (2-1). Michigan outshot Ohio State, 15-5, in the period, but could not get the puck past Betz. Steckel ended the scoring with an empty-net goal with one second remaining in the game.

The Buckeyes were a perfect 8-for-8 on the penalty kill and scored on 1-of-7 power-play opportunities.

Betz made 33 saves on 34 shots. Josh Blackburn stopped 18-of-20 Ohio State shots he faced in the game.

The squads will close out the regular season series at 7:35 p.m. Saturday in Value City Arena.